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A number of MPs are calling on a drug company to make a “life-changing” treatment affordable to UK patients. Citing a BBC Newsnight report, MPs across several parties have written to BioMarin, which markets Kuvan but did not initially discover it. The drug, which helps people who have PKU – a rare inherited disorder –… Read More »

It’ll be business as usual for Lifeline volunteers on Christmas, as feelings of loneliness and the pressure to be happy heighten amid the festivities. The mental health service is expecting a whopping 2500 calls on Christmas Day and more in the days after as people’s difficulties appear more “acute”. “It’s a time when there’s a… Read More »

Days after Harvard Medical School said it found extensive falsified or fabricated data from the laboratory of a prominent heart researcher, doctors and scientists are urging a halt to a medical trial based in part on his work. They say that sick people should not be subjected to the risks of an experiment whose underlying… Read More »